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Jasmine Absolute
Egypt Jasminum grandiflorum L.

Description

Jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum) is perhaps one of the foremost original, luxurious, staple ingredients used in history and still in today’s fragrance markets.

So much so that the centre of the world perfumery industry, Grasse, France, adopted the Jasmine flower as their own symbol of the town and every August hold a ‘Jasmine Festival’ during which locals and visitors scatter jasmine water and flowers over celebrating crowds and the town comes alive with music and other events.

It is not only used in fine fragrance but also in aromatherapy for treating muscular complaints and skin related issues – especially for those prone to suffering with sensitive skin allergies. It is also known to be effective as an ingredient for relieving stress like symptoms.

Jasmine originates from India but is also cultivated in a number of other countries across southern Europe and North Africa, including that of Egypt.

The flower picking season starts around June in Egypt and can last several months. The petals are only hand collected before sunrise to ensure the sunlight does not dry the oil contained within the petals once they are picked.

It can take around 1 metric ton (MT) of flowers to product around 2 kilo of oil! That’s a lot of flowers!!

Latest Market Information
March 28, 2018

There was a bumper crop in 2016 leading to a crop surplus still existing before the start of 2017 season. As a result, the markets were brought back into line after the 2017 harvest as producers purchased smaller amounts of flowers to produce a lower quantity of oil. Currently, the market is stable. There are few stocks at origin but probably just enough until the next season in June 2018; which will keep the general market satisfied. The growing conditions are favourable and it is expected to be a good crop.

Market prices USD 3240.00/kilo

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